Issam Alzahid is chairman of the Alzahid Group of Companies, a Saudi Arabian conglomerate with a history of infrastructure building stretching back to the 1950s and is behind much of the basic transport infrastructure upon which the Kingdom still relies. With $11 billion to his name, Alzahid coordinates a group that employs over 31,000 employees, with additional interests in mining, oil and gas, information technology and retail, among other sectors.